I need to output a file in the format of a Word document from a Ruby-based web app (Rails/Sinatra) based on some textual content in the app. Is there library support in Ruby for creating and structuring a Word document?
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I need to output a file in the format of a Word document from a Ruby-based web app (Rails/Sinatra) based on some textual content in the app. Is there library support in Ruby for creating and structuring a Word document?
Take a look at WordML, the XML format for Word files.
John Durant’s blog has a useful list of WordML and FAQ resources
Walkthrough: Word 2007 XML Format
Useful tool for creating XSLT transforms: Office 2003 Tool: WordprocessingML Transform Inference Tool
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